jsnowash - 2010-05-27 2:31 AM Love the new avatar, Fernando! Kinda quiet around here lately! How's everybody been doing? I started P90X along with my tri training yesterday. I didn't feel like the workout was super hard - but must admit I'm a little sore this morning! I think my husband is going to do a tri with me at the end of the summer! Yay! I think that will be fun! I helped him train to run his first 5K in March (one I help organize - a colon cancer fund-raiser - I lost both my mom & brother to colon cancer....). He hasn't run much since then, but we ran together yesterday morning, and it sounds like he's ready to get back into it again. I'm pretty excited that he wants to do this!

mmgoldenb - 2010-05-28 2:33 PM

I love Memorial Day weekend!  SO much promise for the summer.  =)

I am racing tomorrow.  It's a mini-sprint (200M/3.7M/2.0M) down the shore, and technically will be my first tri.  My first sprint will be in July, and this is part of my training for that.  Starting to get a little nervous, but excited at the same time!

StrayDog - 2010-05-28 2:54 PM

No scheduled race for me this weekend, but next weekend I am scheduled for a 10 with my daughter and there is a wine tasting afterwards from Wente Vineyards..should be good.

However, I have a question about RPE. I am using the Borg CR10 RPE scale. I am unclear on the levels as to difficulty. Is it your own percieved difficulty or based on something more scientific? I am trying to get a handle on this so I can be more accurate in training. As I read the scales, the Borg RPE scale goes from 6-20 and is more based on some science data like VO2 along with your percieved difficulty. BUt the RPE CR10 scale (from 1-10) is just your own percieved difficulty based on a guesstimate. Is that right?

Go Marla on your first TRI! Have a great run.
Doing a hard train today and later at 5pm. I am getting a massage from Laurel. She's awsome. She works in a little PT stretching and doesn't put anything on your body that you can't eat. I can hardly drive home after I leave there. Never mind drive, I can hardly negotiate my on footwork I'm so relaxed.

jsnowash - 2010-05-30 2:43 AM Lovey, you know, it's all about balance. Sometimes you can only do what you can do... You have a pretty solid running base now, and a few missed runs probably won't hurt you much. You're doing a great job with your swim program - keep it up! And enjoy that family time this weekend! MUCH more important than getting a workout in!! Jeff - the stuff you're talking about is called Body Glide. It works fine, but is a little pricey. Cheaper alternatives that work just as well in my experience include spray cooking oil (i.e., "Pam"), just spray it on areas where the wetsuit might get stuck - usually wrists, calves, ankles; or plain old baby oil. Just don't use any petroleum based products (like vaseline), which can damage the neoprene.

jsnowash - 2010-05-29 5:43 AM Lovey, you know, it's all about balance. Sometimes you can only do what you can do... You have a pretty solid running base now, and a few missed runs probably won't hurt you much. You're doing a great job with your swim program - keep it up! And enjoy that family time this weekend! MUCH more important than getting a workout in!! Jeff - the stuff you're talking about is called Body Glide. It works fine, but is a little pricey. Cheaper alternatives that work just as well in my experience include spray cooking oil (i.e., "Pam"), just spray it on areas where the wetsuit might get stuck - usually wrists, calves, ankles; or plain old baby oil. Just don't use any petroleum based products (like vaseline), which can damage the neoprene.

guticur - 2010-05-31 7:23 PM
The couple in charge of "newbie" orientation @ Mt Gretna Tri was asked exactly that. They said "pam" and neoprene should not be mixed (didn't elaborate on the reason).
I used the glide. It worked great. In fact I use glide for it's intended purpose...again, it works great. 

StrayDog - 2010-05-31 12:18 AM



Hmmm. In that case, is Baby Oil a petro product?

mmgoldenb - 2010-05-31 7:00 AM First race is under my belt, and I am officially a "triathlete!"  It's amazing how goofy happy I felt crossing the finish line and getting that finishers medal.  You would have thought I won an Olympic gold medal.  So funny.  I wore it all weekend.  =)

This race was a mini sprint, so about half the distances of my real sprint in July.  That's a little daunting to me swim-wise right now, because I backstroked pretty much the whole 200M.  I finished, and I wasn't last, but it took a LONG time.  SO that will be my focus for the next 7-8 weeks.  Rocked the bike, survived the run.  I learned that it is much harder to control my HR in a race than in training.  I just wanted to go, go, go and keep up with people.  That killed my run.  So, now I know. 

Wetsuit issue - wore my sleeveless wetsuit, which was great in the bay.  I don't have any open water anxiety issues or anything, but the wetsuit changed my stroke so much.  I couldn't breast stroke at all because my legs were so floaty.  My whip kick was useless.  I didn't expect that. 

And I am very happy that I practiced my transitions ahead of time and read so much about them.  Mine were very quick.  In fact, in T2, I stood there for a moment thinking, "Is that it?"  Good times. 

Happy Memorial Day to all!

mmgoldenb - 2010-05-31 7:00 AM First race is under my belt, and I am officially a "triathlete!"  It's amazing how goofy happy I felt crossing the finish line and getting that finishers medal.  You would have thought I won an Olympic gold medal.  So funny.  I wore it all weekend.  =)

This race was a mini sprint, so about half the distances of my real sprint in July.  That's a little daunting to me swim-wise right now, because I backstroked pretty much the whole 200M.  I finished, and I wasn't last, but it took a LONG time.  SO that will be my focus for the next 7-8 weeks.  Rocked the bike, survived the run.  I learned that it is much harder to control my HR in a race than in training.  I just wanted to go, go, go and keep up with people.  That killed my run.  So, now I know. 

Wetsuit issue - wore my sleeveless wetsuit, which was great in the bay.  I don't have any open water anxiety issues or anything, but the wetsuit changed my stroke so much.  I couldn't breast stroke at all because my legs were so floaty.  My whip kick was useless.  I didn't expect that. 

And I am very happy that I practiced my transitions ahead of time and read so much about them.  Mine were very quick.  In fact, in T2, I stood there for a moment thinking, "Is that it?"  Good times. 

Happy Memorial Day to all!

mmgoldenb - 2010-06-01 4:00 AM First race is under my belt, and I am officially a "triathlete!"  It's amazing how goofy happy I felt crossing the finish line and getting that finishers medal.  You would have thought I won an Olympic gold medal.  So funny.  I wore it all weekend.  =)

This race was a mini sprint, so about half the distances of my real sprint in July.  That's a little daunting to me swim-wise right now, because I backstroked pretty much the whole 200M.  I finished, and I wasn't last, but it took a LONG time.  SO that will be my focus for the next 7-8 weeks.  Rocked the bike, survived the run.  I learned that it is much harder to control my HR in a race than in training.  I just wanted to go, go, go and keep up with people.  That killed my run.  So, now I know. 

Wetsuit issue - wore my sleeveless wetsuit, which was great in the bay.  I don't have any open water anxiety issues or anything, but the wetsuit changed my stroke so much.  I couldn't breast stroke at all because my legs were so floaty.  My whip kick was useless.  I didn't expect that. 

And I am very happy that I practiced my transitions ahead of time and read so much about them.  Mine were very quick.  In fact, in T2, I stood there for a moment thinking, "Is that it?"  Good times. 

Happy Memorial Day to all!

Amhgbh - 2010-06-01 5:32 PM Way to go on your mini Marla!
My friend and I did a mock mini of our own this weekend 150 yd /6 mile /1.5 mile and I too was a bit leary on the swim. last week was my first ows. I tried my wet suit but found it difficult was a little better without but either way after about 100-125 yards I am out of air.
I know I can finish the 400 yards but I will need to stop. I think this works better for me than back stroke because I went way off coarse doing that.
I watched my first tri this weekend and gosh that swim looks LONG!!!!
My question to all of you should I stop and hang on or float or what and should I try the wetsuit again? Will it give me that much help or hinderence?
Thanks